(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold’s record run has been nothing short of astounding, and it appears the bulls have plenty of strength left in them.
Since the beginning of the year, the price of gold is up by over 25 percent. That’s on top of a 26.5 percent increase...
(Headline USA) Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion.
The ruling issued Thursday by U.S....
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) President Donald Trump again called for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates Thursday morning.
In a post on Truth Social, the president chastised Fed Chairman Jerome Powell for not having cut rates in 2025.
“The is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The official numbers are in, and industrial demand for silver set a fourth consecutive record in 2024.
Despite record industrial offtake, total silver demand declined by 3 percent to 1.16 billion ounces last year, primarily due to weak investment demand, according to the World...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is living a charmed life. The pandemic gave him cover to keep the Fed’s Great Recession-era bubbles pumped up. Now, he can use tariffs as a scapegoat as the inevitable effects of the Fed’s reckless monetary malfeasance during...
(Money Metals News Service) In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey unpacked a volatile week in the markets, highlighting gold’s standout performance as a safe haven asset.
After opening just under $3,040 per ounce, gold briefly dipped below $3,000 during Monday’s sell-off, reaching a low...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) It's getting crazy now, and it's obvious gold is telling us something.
It began last night, as the price of gold began to take off in overseas trading.
The chatter on X alerted those of us trying to get away from the markets for a few hours...
(Headline USA) An IRS whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is reportedly expected to be promoted to IRS acting commissioner.
Gary Shapley, an IRS employee who testified to Congress as Republicans reviewed the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son, said he was retaliated against for cooperating...
(Headline USA) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial alleging Meta illegally monopolized the social media market.
In the 2018 email, Zuckerberg wrote that he...
(Joakim Book, Money Metals News Service) The monetary regime has immediate consequences for our behavior—as individuals, institutions, and financial entities.
One underappreciated victim of the fiat age is long-dated bonds. When price predictability of the money is strong, and commitment to the monetary regime is credible, you can finance projects or business ventures...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. Dollar Index is testing a key technical level that has triggered major rebounds in the past—making this an important setup for commodities and precious metals investors to watch closely.
The U.S. dollar has fallen sharply since the start of the year, which...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Demand for gold is so strong in China that the government has allocated additional gold import quotas for commercial banks.
According to a Bloomberg article, strong haven demand from institutional and retail investors led to the move.
China ranks as the world’s largest gold market.
The government uses import quotas to...